AUSTIN, Texas - The Austin Police Department is asking for help identifying a suspect involved in an ongoing series of thefts in downtown.

The backstory: Police said the suspects seem to be targeting men leaving downtown Austin bars, some in the Warehouse District, between midnight and 2:30 a.m. The suspects become friendly with their victims before stealing their cell phones.

After the theft, the suspects commit criminal activities with the victims' cell phones involving their bank accounts.